(Ann Arbor, MI) - The Concordia Cardinals women's bowling team is set to compete for the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Championship this upcoming Saturday.
MATCH INFORMATION
WHAC Championships
February 25 | 10 AM | Thunderbowl | Fort Wayne, Ind.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
CUAA has collected the second-most points of the WHAC season with 67 points after two second-place finishes, a third, and a fourth. Concordia has tallied the second-most pins in the Jamborees sitting with an average of 6339.25.
The Cardinals have had six different bowlers compete in the four Jamborees this season as Gabriella VanHorn, Emilee Hughes, Alyvia Hock, Shannon Geiger, Isabell Cooley, and Brooke Binder have all bowled at least ten games.
VanHorn and Hughes each bowled in all 16 games as VanHorn hit 3,054 pins, while Hughes knocked down 2,904 pins. Alyvia Hock bowled in 14 games, hitting 2,495 pins. Shannon Geiger and Isabell Cooley each bowled in 11 games and calculated scores of 1,900 and 1,54 pins respectively. The final 10 games bowled by Binder accounted for 1,819 pins.
WHAC PREVIEW
The regular season champion was claimed by Indiana Tech as they gathered 79 points across the four matches. With CUAA second, the third-place team was Lourdes at 62, followed by Madonna at 61 and Lawrence Tech with 55. The final six teams were Siena Heights (25), UM-Dearborn (22), Rochester (19), Cleary (13), Cornerstone (10), and Aquinas (7).
Gabriella VanHorn's score of 3,054 pins was the highest of the season across the four tournaments. The second-highest score of the season was Emily Norris' score of 2,976 pins. Taylor McBride (Lourdes), Lakyn Edwards (Indiana Tech), and Emilee Hughes rounded out the rest of the top-5 with scores of 2,954, 2,956, and 2,904 pins respectively.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
The format for the Championship will look a tad different than the normal WHAC Jamborees as there will be no individual games played. There will be 20 different baker games from each team, and from there the top 4 will bracket off and bowl best of five matches to reach the final, in which there will once again be a best of 5 series.
